The time has come for another major release! We are proud to present Gitea
1.8.0 to the world. This release contains two new security fixes which cannot be backported to the 1.7.0 branch, so it is recommended to update to this version.
In this release, we merged
245 pull requests
– This is more than 1.7.0 (157) and 1.6.0 (178).

You can download one of our pre-built binaries from our
downloads page - make sure to select the
correct platform! For further details on how to install, follow our
installation guide. Unfortunately
there is a known issue with our prebuilt images on armv7, see #6700.

We’d like to thank all of our backers on
Open Collective, who are helping us deliver
a better piece of software.

Organizations can now be set to be Public, Internal or Private. Repositories created in
internal organizations will only be visible to logged-in users. Private organizations will
only be visible to those who are members.

Translating

Want to translate Gitea in your own language? Awesome! Join the Gitea project
on Crowdin. As soon as your translation is
approved, it will be pushed to the Gitea project to be used in future releases!

Documentation

Documentation is important, but also time consuming. If you enjoy writing and
have a pretty good knowledge of English, or you would like to translate the
English version to your native language, you’re very welcome to do so. Find our
documentation on the main git repository
here. Just fork, update
the documentation and then create a pull request!

Support

Do you like people? Can you give calm and thought-out responses to users needing
help? Then you can spend some time providing support to those who need it. Most
answers can really be found in the documentation, so make sure to take some time
to read it. Then, either join our chat or forums (linked below), or simply
help us sort out issues and answer questions on the
Gitea repository.

Donations

If you, or your company, want to help us out sustain our financial expenses, you
can do so by donating on Open Collective.

… or reporting bugs

If you lack the time or knowledge to do any of the above, just using Gitea and sharing the word is enough to make us happy! One thing you can always do is to report any bugs you find on the Gitea issue tracker.

Before opening an issue, read the contribution guidelines about reporting bugs. After opening an issue, try to stick around a while to answer any questions we might have. Replies greatly help us find the root cause of an issue.

Thanks

This release would not have been possible without the pull requests from the following people: